Are publishers actually interested in selling books? is the title of an anonymous but well-written article over at Bookarazzi. To most authors it looks as if the publishing process comes to a dead stop at midnight on the day of publication.
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The Ethics of Book Reviewing at the Book Critics Circle:
And 60.5 percent think it’s [...]
I just found this on Amazon.com:
Shooting in the Dark by John Baker. A Delicious PI, Quirky cohorts, Damsel in Distress, Evil Stalker, it’s All Here.
Sam Turner has done battle with demon rum and won. Unlike other hard-boiled PIs, Sam is drinking water when that beautiful dame [...]
Nobel Prize winner, J.M. Coetzee, gave the National Book Critics Circle a list of five books he believes reviewers should have in their libraries.
The Iliad. - the standard for the narrative of action.
Aristotle, Poetics. - the terms for all later debate on the truth claims of history versus the truth claims of poetry.
Cervantes, Don [...]
Book Blogging credibility is put under scrutiny in this article from Metaxu Cafe:
Personally, I think it’s time that book bloggers came clean. It might sound ridiculous, but I honestly think we need a code of conduct. We need to tell our readers when we are reviewing free books or when we are taking part in [...]
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